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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by vxNsr on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:32PM (#28824360)
> Military politicians are older than humankind itself.

Just curious, is this just hyperbole or do you have an actual example?

ETA: I mean the "older than humankind itself" part. Like what does that mean in this context?

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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by AceyMan on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:47AM (#28824760)
OTTOMH, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi?wprov=sfla1
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by vxNsr on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:06AM (#28824863)
I meant the older than humankind part, obviously there are many humans throughout history who were both military generals and political leaders.
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by alanbernstein on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:07AM (#28824866)
Maybe a group of apes led by (political) the strongest one (military)?
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by thaumasiotes on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:22AM (#28824967)
Groups of chimpanzees are often led by the strongest one. They are also often not led by the strongest one - you can take over the group by forming a coalition to depose the current leader.

Then you fight him.

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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by alanbernstein on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:02AM (#28825939)
That's interesting - still seems like a "military action".
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by thaumasiotes on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:16AM (#28826362)
Well, yes, that's my point.
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